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Maukhari Dynasty
Dynasty
Level 2
c. 550 CE – c. 606 CE
Rulers of Kannauj before Harsha.
- Capital
- Kannauj
- Region
- Gangetic Plain
- Duration
- 56 years
- Main period
- Post-Gupta / Early Medieval
Approximate extent.
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Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Maukhari Dynasty for a significant part of its history. The bar shows when, within its own span.
Anuradhapura Kingdom ★
Sri Lanka · c. 437 BCE – c. 1017
Overlap: 56 years
Pallava Dynasty ★
South · c. 275 CE – c. 897 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty ★
North · c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Chalukyas of Badami ★
Deccan · c. 543 CE – c. 753 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Kalabhra Interregnum
South · c. 250 CE – c. 600 CE
Overlap: 50 years
Western Ganga Dynasty
South · c. 350 CE – c. 1000
Overlap: 56 years
Kamarupa
Northeast · c. 350 CE – c. 1140
Overlap: 56 years
Licchavi Kingdom of Nepal
Himalaya · c. 400 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Maitraka Dynasty
West · c. 475 CE – c. 776 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Rai Dynasty of Sindh
Northwest · c. 489 CE – c. 632 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Later Guptas of Magadha
East · c. 490 CE – c. 750 CE
Overlap: 56 years
Gauda Kingdom (Shashanka)
East · c. 590 CE – c. 626 CE
Overlap: 16 years
Pandya Kingdom (First Empire)
South · c. 590 CE – c. 920 CE
Overlap: 16 years